Extension-handle for augers.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

No. 846,389.- 'J. BLACKBURN;

EXTENSION HANDLE FOR AUGER$.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22. 1906.

k rlllL I VENTOR UNITED FATE OFFICE.

JASPER BLACKBURN, OF OHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI EXTENSION-HANDLE FOR AUGERS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1906. Serial No. 318.233.

No. 846,889; Patented March 5, 1907.

1'0 (tZZ whom, it may concern.

e it known that I, JASPER BLACKBURN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of hillicothe, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension- Handles for Angers, of wFich the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being iiad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an extension-handle for augers, and particularly for angers for boring post-holes and the like in the ground.

The object of my invention is to provide an from being block 4.

Formed in opposite faces of the bar 6, and preferably at equal distances apart, are the oppositely-arranged pairs of recesses 9.

Formed in the upper portion of the block 4 and on opposite sides thereof are the vertically-arranged recesses 10, and extending from the lower ends of said recesses 10 inwardly and communicating with the rectangular opening 5 through said block 4 are the oppositely-arranged apertures 11. Arranged for horizontal movement through these aperauger for boring holes in the earth with an tures 11 are pins 12, which are pivotally conextension-handle and means whereby the i nected at their outer ends to the lower ends telescoping parts of time .handle are rigidly I of operating-handles 13, which occupy the entirely withdrawn from the locked together while in use, this enabling recesses 10, which are fulcrumed on pins the person using the auger to bore holes in 14, passing horizontally through the upper the earth to an extra depth. portion of the block 4. Leaf-springs 15 are To the above purposes my invention consecured at their lower ends in any suitable sists in certain novel features of construction manner to opposite points 011 the lower porand arrangement of parts, that Will he hereintion of the block 4:, the upper free ends of after more fully set forth and pointed out in which leaf-springs bear directly upon the the claim and illustrated in the accompanylower ends of the handles 13. ing drawings, in which The outer faces of the lower ends of the Figure 1 is a side elevation of an anger prohandles 13 are slightly recessed in order that vided with my improved handle, which anger the upper ends of the springs 15 will lie flush is shown in operative position in the ground. with the outer faces of said handles 13, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken on said springs are also let into the surface of the the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. F 3 is a horizontal block 4 to the extent of their thickness. section taken on the lines 3 3 of Fig. 2. This arrangement prevents dirt from getting Referring by numerals to the accompanybeneath said springs to render them inopering drawings, 1 designates the lower portion ative. of the auger-handle, which is preferably of The manipulation of an auger-handle of tubular form, such as a piece of gas-pipe of my improved construction is obvious, it only suitable size, and secured to the lower end being necessary to manually engage the upthereof in any suitable manner are the usual per ends of the handles 13 and press the auger-bits 2. v

Fixed to the upper end 01" the tubular portion 1 of the handle is a collar 3, in the upper the pins 12 from the recesses 9. end of which is fixed a circular block 4, j The bar 6 and the tubular member 1 may through which is formed a vertically-dis i now be adjusted longitudinally relative one posed. rectangular opening 5. Arranged to another, and when the pins 12 are reengaged slide through the opening in this block is a in a pair of the recesses 9 the two parts of the rectangular bar 6, which forms the upper handle are rigidly locked together. portion of the handle, and which bar is ar- Thus Ihave providedasimple, inexpensive, ranged to telescope into the tubular portion I and easily-adjusted auger-handle which is 1 of the handle. Fixed to the. upper end of i particularly adapted for deep-boring angers. this bar 6 are the cross-handles 7, and fixed I claimin the lower end of the bar is a rivet or cross- An augerhandle, comprising a tubular pin 8, the ends of which extend slightly, so as i member, a block carried by the upper end Fig. 2, and thus withdraw the inner ends of to prevent the upper portion 6 of the handle same inwardly, as shown by dotted lines in a thereof, through which block is formed a nonblock, the free ends of which bear on the lower 10 circular opening, a solid member arranged ends of the handles substantially as specified. to slide through the opening in the block, In testimony whereof I have signed my there being recesses formed in opposite sides name to this specification in presence of two of the sliding member, pins carried by the subscribing witnesses. block for enga ing in said recesses, handles JASPER BLACKBURN.

fulcrumed 1n the block and pivotally con- Witnesses: nected at their lower ends to the outer ends W. P. SMITH,

of the pins, and leaf-springs carried by the H, G. FLETCHER. 

